EP3716753A4 - MODULAR FLOATING STRUCTURE - Google Patents

MODULAR FLOATING STRUCTURE Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP3716753A4
EP3716753A4 EP18882313.2A EP18882313A EP3716753A4 EP 3716753 A4 EP3716753 A4 EP 3716753A4 EP 18882313 A EP18882313 A EP 18882313A EP 3716753 A4 EP3716753 A4 EP 3716753A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
floating structure
modular floating
modular
floating
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Pending
Application number
EP18882313.2A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP3716753A1 (en
Inventor
Chris Walker
Terry Lucke
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from AU2017904830A external-priority patent/AU2017904830A0/en
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Publication of EP3716753A1 publication Critical patent/EP3716753A1/en
Publication of EP3716753A4 publication Critical patent/EP3716753A4/en
Pending legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
    • A01G9/027—Pots connected in horizontal rows
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G33/00—Cultivation of seaweed or algae
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
    • A01G9/029—Receptacles for seedlings
    • A01G9/0295—Units comprising two or more connected receptacles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
    • A01G9/033—Flat containers for turf, lawn or the like, e.g. for covering roofs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/34—Pontoons
    • B63B35/38—Rigidly-interconnected pontoons
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/38—Baskets or like containers of skeleton or apertured construction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B7/00—Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels
    • B63B2007/006—Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels comprising nestable elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B2035/4493—Floating structures supporting vegetation, such as trees, reeds, crops, plants, or the like, e.g. flexible structures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0233—Nestable containers
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F2103/00—Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated
    • C02F2103/001—Runoff or storm water
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F2203/00—Apparatus and plants for the biological treatment of water, waste water or sewage
    • C02F2203/006—Apparatus and plants for the biological treatment of water, waste water or sewage details of construction, e.g. specially adapted seals, modules, connections
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F3/00—Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F3/32—Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage characterised by the animals or plants used, e.g. algae
    • C02F3/327—Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage characterised by the animals or plants used, e.g. algae characterised by animals and plants
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
    • Y02W10/00—Technologies for wastewater treatment
    • Y02W10/10—Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage

Landscapes

  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Environmental Sciences (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Marine Sciences & Fisheries (AREA)
  • Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
  • Biotechnology (AREA)
  • Botany (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Microbiology (AREA)
  • Hydrology & Water Resources (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Hydroponics (AREA)
  • Cultivation Receptacles Or Flower-Pots, Or Pots For Seedlings (AREA)
EP18882313.2A 2017-11-30 2018-11-28 MODULAR FLOATING STRUCTURE Pending EP3716753A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU2017904830A AU2017904830A0 (en) 2017-11-30 Modular floating structure
PCT/AU2018/051264 WO2019104377A1 (en) 2017-11-30 2018-11-28 Modular floating structure

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP3716753A1 EP3716753A1 (en) 2020-10-07
EP3716753A4 true EP3716753A4 (en) 2021-09-01

Family

ID=66663671

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP18882313.2A Pending EP3716753A4 (en) 2017-11-30 2018-11-28 MODULAR FLOATING STRUCTURE

Country Status (7)

Country Link
US (1) US11490572B2 (en)
EP (1) EP3716753A4 (en)
CN (1) CN111386034A (en)
AU (4) AU2018377849A1 (en)
CA (1) CA3083237A1 (en)
NZ (1) NZ764704A (en)
WO (1) WO2019104377A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (21)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USD982499S1 (en) * 2018-06-29 2023-04-04 Richard V. Pepper Barge assembly
EP3769608A1 (en) * 2019-07-26 2021-01-27 T.U.I. Industrial Co., Ltd. Cultivation assembly
AU2019210550B2 (en) * 2019-07-31 2021-04-22 T.U.I. Industrial Co., Ltd. Cultivation assembly
JP6913959B2 (en) * 2019-08-16 2021-08-04 台靈實業股▲分▼有限公司Ｔ．Ｕ．Ｉ． Ｉｎｄｕｓｔｒｉａｌ Ｃｏ．， Ｌｔｄ． Growing assembly
CN110497865A (en) * 2019-09-03 2019-11-26 中航天元防务技术（北京）有限公司 A kind of modularization buffering energy-absorbing system
CN110550829B (en) * 2019-10-09 2024-04-02 中国科学院、水利部成都山地灾害与环境研究所 Tower ecological purification integrated device of little town domestic sewage
FR3108092B1 (en) * 2020-03-11 2022-12-23 Aquatech Innovation Domestic effluent treatment plant
WO2021207142A1 (en) * 2020-04-06 2021-10-14 Coastal Waters Biotechnology 2, Inc. Urchin culling mechanism and attractant method
DE102020116158A1 (en) 2020-06-18 2021-12-23 Peter Schwammberger Structure and filler material for the construction of a buoyant island
CN112607866B (en) * 2020-10-20 2021-12-14 中国水利水电科学研究院 Wetland sewage purification device and method
WO2022115958A1 (en) * 2020-12-04 2022-06-09 Great Plains Restoration Solutions Inc. Modular island assemblies for reclamation and restoration of wetlands, reservoirs, and waterways
JP2024529787A (en) * 2021-08-06 2024-08-08 ケッペル マネジメント リミテッド Modular floating and bottom-based coastal infrastructure
CN113772902B (en) * 2021-10-25 2025-01-10 江西省生态环境科学研究与规划院 Deepwater cabin-based artificial wetland treatment system
CN114427185A (en) * 2021-12-20 2022-05-03 杭州市路桥集团股份有限公司 A spliced green floating island system
CN114402845B (en) * 2022-01-20 2022-12-13 安徽新华学院 Environment-friendly landscape wetland device with submerged-floating module combination
US12484491B1 (en) * 2022-02-04 2025-12-02 Franklin Ashbell Brown Wet soil plant nursery system
CN114702124B (en) * 2022-03-31 2023-03-21 江苏大学 Biofilm reactor based on coral sand
CN114802628B (en) * 2022-05-25 2023-03-24 奕江山环境科技(北京)有限公司 Floating wetland connecting structure for flood discharge riverway
CN114988584B (en) * 2022-05-31 2023-07-25 三峡大学 A new type of ecological floating bed
WO2024208709A1 (en) * 2023-04-06 2024-10-10 Ecosupport Limited Modular habitat system
CA3262473A1 (en) * 2024-01-19 2025-10-30 Schwig Outdoors, Llc Methods of making and using floating raised planter bed

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2905759A1 (en) * 1979-02-15 1980-08-28 Lothar Bestmann Frame for floating garden - comprises permeable cloth suspended from tubular frame supporting flower bed
KR20030075471A (en) * 2002-03-19 2003-09-26 김종욱 Hydroponics device for purifying water
KR101273624B1 (en) * 2011-01-11 2013-07-09 주식회사 녹지원 Floating artificial island structure

Family Cites Families (21)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR20020074911A (en) * 2001-03-22 2002-10-04 고려특수화학주식회사 Floating structural body for purifying water quality of river, lake and marsh
JP2004000052A (en) * 2002-05-31 2004-01-08 Molten Corp Vegetation float apparatus
US20040255513A1 (en) * 2003-06-17 2004-12-23 Becker Daniel F. System for growing vegetation on an open body of water
CN101704583A (en) 2004-05-24 2010-05-12 方太海德有限公司 Floating island
KR100704385B1 (en) * 2005-11-25 2007-04-06 (주)동명기술공단종합건축사사무소 Floating Structure for Water Purification
TW200917955A (en) 2005-11-30 2009-05-01 Suntory Ltd Plant cultivating unit and plant cultivating container
US7448163B2 (en) * 2005-12-19 2008-11-11 Stephen Edward Beeman Floatable plant cultivation system
CN100475721C (en) * 2007-01-19 2009-04-08 天津市水利科学研究所 Rise and fall artificial floating floor of plants for biological treating sewage, preparation method and method of application
MX2010012591A (en) * 2008-05-23 2011-04-11 Macrofitas S L Floating cell and island with a floating macrophyte filter.
MX2011011789A (en) * 2009-05-08 2011-11-29 Macrofitas S L Floating assembly structure.
ES2358715B1 (en) * 2009-09-23 2012-03-21 Macrofitas S.L. SYSTEM AND DEVICES FOR HELP IN THE PLANTATION AND GROWTH OF VEGETABLE SPECIES IN FLOATING OF THE MACROPHYT TYPE IN USES INTENDED FOR WATER CLEANING.
US20110259820A1 (en) * 2010-04-22 2011-10-27 ACF Environmental, Inc. Buoyant plant habitat
US9850149B2 (en) * 2011-03-17 2017-12-26 Biomatrix Water Solutions Limited Integrated water treatment system
ES2387769B1 (en) * 2012-05-25 2013-08-09 Española De Plataformas Marinas, S.L. Floating structure and method to obtain it
RU2562143C2 (en) * 2013-12-30 2015-09-10 Общество с ограниченной ответственностью "Научно-производственное предприятие "СибБурМаш" (ООО "НПП "СибБурМаш") Bioplato for waste water treatment and method for installation and maintenance thereof
US9807950B2 (en) * 2014-11-19 2017-11-07 Suncrest, Usa, Inc. Interlocking raft for deepwater culture hydroponics
CN106145371A (en) * 2016-08-29 2016-11-23 岭南新科生态科技研究院（北京）有限公司 A kind of ecological floating island device
CN106305195A (en) * 2016-10-19 2017-01-11 湖南农业大学 Floating planting device for preventing fish biting
CN106380000A (en) * 2016-10-21 2017-02-08 天津大学 Ascending and descending dual-buoyancy regulation sinking bed-floating bed water quality purification device
CN106745768B (en) * 2016-12-14 2020-06-30 哈尔滨工业大学 Niche-optimized configuration solar powered ecological floating island and configuration system
CN206328218U (en) * 2016-12-27 2017-07-14 中国科学院南京地理与湖泊研究所 It is biological floating bed

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2905759A1 (en) * 1979-02-15 1980-08-28 Lothar Bestmann Frame for floating garden - comprises permeable cloth suspended from tubular frame supporting flower bed
KR20030075471A (en) * 2002-03-19 2003-09-26 김종욱 Hydroponics device for purifying water
KR101273624B1 (en) * 2011-01-11 2013-07-09 주식회사 녹지원 Floating artificial island structure

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See also references of WO2019104377A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CN111386034A (en) 2020-07-07
US11490572B2 (en) 2022-11-08
AU2024202129A1 (en) 2024-05-02
NZ764704A (en) 2025-11-28
US20200383276A1 (en) 2020-12-10
AU2026201039A1 (en) 2026-03-05
AU2018377849A1 (en) 2020-06-11
CA3083237A1 (en) 2019-06-06
EP3716753A1 (en) 2020-10-07
AU2021107594B4 (en) 2023-03-16
WO2019104377A1 (en) 2019-06-06
AU2021107594A4 (en) 2022-01-06

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP3716753A4 (en) MODULAR FLOATING STRUCTURE
IL271227A (en) sensor-like structure
EP3580166A4 (en) RELATED STRUCTURES
EP3558863A4 (en) RELATED STRUCTURES
EP3411225C0 (en) WALL STRUCTURE
ITUB20169951A1 (en) Modular building structure
EP3595470A4 (en) MODULAR COVERAGE
PT3546337T (en) Floating structure
CL2016002143S1 (en) Toilet
EP3509417A4 (en) FLOATING ARRANGEMENT
EP3437786A4 (en) CONNECTION STRUCTURE
EP3429913A4 (en) FLOATING PLATFORM
DK3306157T3 (en) MODULAR FLOOD ELEMENT
DK3412840T3 (en) TOILET
HUE055416T2 (en) Modular tiles
DK3614371T3 (en) MODULAR PIANO PIANO
EP3585954A4 (en) CONSTRUCTION STRUCTURE
EP3448816A4 (en) FLOATING BIOREACTOR
EP3625034C0 (en) FASTENING-LESS STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT
EP3793337C0 (en) INVERSOR SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICO MODULAR
IT201700058078A1 (en) MODULAR HOUSE STRUCTURE
EP3892371A4 (en) FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE
EP3872358A4 (en) CONNECTION STRUCTURE
DK3809821T3 (en) POLYTUNNEL STRUCTURE
ES1219864Y (en) MODULAR STRUCTURE

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION HAS BEEN MADE

PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION WAS MADE

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20200605

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: BA ME

DAV Request for validation of the european patent (deleted)
DAX Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
A4 Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched

Effective date: 20210804

RIC1 Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant

Ipc: A01G 9/02 20180101AFI20210729BHEP

Ipc: C02F 3/32 20060101ALI20210729BHEP

Ipc: A01G 9/033 20180101ALI20210729BHEP

Ipc: B63B 35/38 20060101ALI20210729BHEP

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: GRANT OF PATENT IS INTENDED

INTG Intention to grant announced

Effective date: 20260123